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by kwakster
Sat Nov 01, 2025 12:41 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives
Replies: 58
Views: 8279

Re: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives

I let Ai do some digging for more info on the specific steel that was used in these knives.

Question:

Swedish knife manufacturer Pontus Holmberg closed it's doors around 1960.
Did they ever use stainless tungsten alloys for their knives ?

Answer:

Yes, the Swedish knife manufacturer Pontus ...
by kwakster
Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:39 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: J&R Dodge Juste Judicato - double shear steel carving knife
Replies: 6
Views: 1212

Re: J&R Dodge Juste Judicato - double shear steel carving knife

Had Grok AI do some background research on this particular knife, and also write a collector's certificate for it.

COLLECTOR’S CERTIFICATE

J&R Dodge “Juste Judicato” Double Shear Steel Carving Knife
Sheffield, England — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Circa 1865–1880

SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: 13 ...
by kwakster
Wed Aug 27, 2025 8:32 am
Forum: Mule Team Discussion
Topic: MT40 HIC
Replies: 30
Views: 15114

Re: MT40 HIC

Paper Wheels with diamond compounds will do the trick, and quality ceramic knives can be made extremely sharp with these.
Already a 10 year old clip, and the white ceramic knife shown in it could also whittle one of my chest hairs from root to tip.

by kwakster
Sun Aug 10, 2025 3:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Big C
Replies: 96
Views: 12970

Re: The Big C

Clip from 2023 about the uses of Chlorine Dioxide (either CDS or MMS) for vax injuries, cancer, and more.
Discussion between US doctor Sam Sigoloff and Mexican doctor Manuel Apricio.

https://rumble.com/v2jxgha-chlorine-dio ... src_v1_s_o
by kwakster
Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:35 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Big C
Replies: 96
Views: 12970

Re: The Big C

What is Organic Germanium (Ge-132) Germanium Sesquioxide ?

Organic Germanium (Ge-132) is a mineral.
Several biological properties have been associated with Ge-132, including interferon induction, immunomodulating activity and antitumor efficacy as well as other biological activities without any ...
by kwakster
Tue Aug 05, 2025 11:28 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Striving For a Healthy Long Life
Replies: 351
Views: 89014

Re: Striving For a Healthy Long Life

Here in the Netherlands N-Acetylcysteine is given in cases of excess phlegm.
One of the things is does is that it make the mucus thinner, so it can be coughed up much more easily.
It has other health advantages as well.

We have it always in stock in our medicine cabinet.
(800 mg tablets)

Medical ...
by kwakster
Tue Aug 05, 2025 8:05 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Big C
Replies: 96
Views: 12970

Re: The Big C

More info by an MD on the effects of DMSO on cancer (and many other ailments):

https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/hund ... transforms
by kwakster
Tue Aug 05, 2025 7:58 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Big C
Replies: 96
Views: 12970

Re: The Big C

Documentary "World without Cancer" from 1974 about natural compound amygdalin and it's synthetic version laetrile.
Amygdalin can be found in bitter apricot kernels, but also in the kernels of various other fruits like apples (in lower dosages)

https://rumble.com/v2og4xg-g.-edward-griffin-world ...
by kwakster
Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:21 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Big C
Replies: 96
Views: 12970

Re: The Big C

Allopathic medicine can and will sometimes save people from various cancer types, but their value lies more in the field of surgery than that of medication that actually cures anything.
Most cancer nedication has serious side effects that can actually damage and even kill you all on it's own, and so ...
by kwakster
Thu Jul 24, 2025 2:00 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Why the rise in Autism, ADHD etc?
Replies: 85
Views: 17211

Re: Why the rise in Autism, ADHD etc?

Probably just another conspiracy theory website:

https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/ ... 14-21-2025
by kwakster
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:30 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Knives in movies
Replies: 5
Views: 338

Re: Knives in movies

​Most likely unknown outside the Netherlands is the 1972 movie "De Inbreker" or "the Burglar" in English.
In it then major Dutch actor Rijk de Gooyer plays Willem "Glimmie" Burg, a skilled burglar and jewel thief, while his friend and bodyguard is played by real-life martial artist and actual Korea ...
by kwakster
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:28 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Knives in movies
Replies: 5
Views: 338

Re: Knives in movies

In the mid-sixties the American actor Lex Barker starred as Old Shatterhand in several Karl May westerns made in Germany.
In several scenes he and other actors used the Puma White Hunter model, as can be seen in this German clip from the movie "Schatz im Silbersee" (Treasure in Silver Lake):

https ...
by kwakster
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:25 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Knives in movies
Replies: 5
Views: 338

Re: Knives in movies

In the classic 1972 movie Jeremiah Johnson the main character was played by American actor Robert Redford.
Besides his .50 caliber Hawken rifle he also carried & used a Western Bowie knife.

https://i.ibb.co/YFD5hcz8/Jeremiah-Johnson-movie-poster.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/1GhxfQVg/Jeremiah-johnson ...
by kwakster
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:22 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Knives in movies
Replies: 5
Views: 338

Re: Knives in movies

In the 1981 movie "Eye of the Needle" actor Donald Sutherland plays the German spy (code named "Nadel") who regularly uses a rather large spike-like stiletto on his victims.
It seems that such stilletto's really existed and were made by the Italian manufacturer Due Buoi, and that they were carried ...
by kwakster
Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:20 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Knives in movies
Replies: 5
Views: 338

Knives in movies

In the 1976 movie Marathon Man the British actor sir Laurence Olivier plays Nazi dentist Christian Szell, and his weapon of choice is a wrist mounted automatic blade:

https://i.ibb.co/8Dhrnd67/Szell-with-knif-l1600.webp

The actual prop blades used in the movie:

https://i.ibb.co/1YmHHXSx/Szell ...
by kwakster
Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:18 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Paper Wheel edges
Replies: 35
Views: 4024

Re: Paper Wheel edges

Vintage Al Mar Denali mid-backlock folding knife with hollow ground blade from the 1980's and made in Japan. (probably by Moki)
The cocobolo handle is inlayed with a gold shield picturing a fighter plane and the text "United States Navy Fighter Weapons School".
The 1986 movie "Top Gun" with Tom ...
by kwakster
Wed Jul 02, 2025 1:52 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Why the rise in Autism, ADHD etc?
Replies: 85
Views: 17211

Re: Why the rise in Autism, ADHD etc?

by kwakster
Sun Jun 29, 2025 2:10 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Bob Munden: The fastest gun who ever lived
Replies: 4
Views: 2703

Bob Munden: The fastest gun who ever lived

Bob Munden: The fastest gun who ever lived, as well as a master marksman.

200 yard shots, first with a large revolver and then with a small snubnose revolver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RiHjeSe2T4

Fast draw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTyQ4jDb3f4

Full documentary:
https://www.youtube ...